Friday, January 25, 2008

Any Wagers on How This "Investigation" Will Turn Out???

NEW: Prosecutor Investigating Mayor, Beatty

The Wayne County prosecutor says she has opened an investigation following a newspaper report that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his top aide exchanged sexually explicit text-messages.

DETROIT (AP) - The Wayne County prosecutor says she has opened an investigation following a newspaper report that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his top aide exchanged sexually explicit text-messages.

The messages appear to contradict the pair's denials in court that they had romantic ties.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy didn't elaborate on the specifics of her investigation, but says she was unaware of the text messages until she read a report in the Detroit Free Press yesterday.

The text messages raise the question of whether the mayor and Chief of Staff Christine Beatty committed perjury during a whistle-blower trial last summer.

A conviction of lying under oath can bring up to 15 years' imprisonment.

A spokesman for Kilpatrick has said Kilpatrick and his family "plan to continue their private time for the next several days."

Beatty hasn't commented since the story ran.

Kym Worth statement...

"Yesterday there was an article that appeared in the Detroit Free Press about the mayor and his chief of staff. I found out about this article when you did, in the morning newspaper.

"There are people who mistakenly believe that this office has been conducting an investigation. That could not be further from the truth and we have received no information whatsover from any police agency.

"News reports and articles are not investigations and they are not evidence. We cannot and will not make any potential charging decision based on that.

"However, here is the decision that I have made. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office will conduct an independent investigation that will be fair, impartial, and thorough. We will not be rushed by anyone or anything.

"We will only be influenced by the evidence and the facts that develop -- and nothing, I mean nothing else. Thank you for coming."

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Mayor Perjury Press Conf. Friday

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. Friday to discuss the possibility of perjury charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

****I was informed today, that Kym W and Kwame are real cool with each other.Which leads to this question:Will Kym Worthy allow her emotions to dictate her job, or will her job dictate what her job title includes??I.e., will she handle her biz w/Kwame?We'll see.She better remember-her position is done by election, and Michiganders have lonnnnnnnng memories.

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